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02397aam a2200433 i 4500 001 59D1AE6ADCB911EC8436229451ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220526010039 008 191020t20202020ctuabf b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0811738817 020 $a 9780811738811 035 $a (OCoLC)1124331600 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d GK6 $d OCLCO $d S#L $d OCLCF $d CDX $d YDXIT $d UKMGB $d OCL $d OCLCO $d RB0 $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d SILO 043 $a a-vt--- 050 4 $a DS557.8.P53 $b S25 2020 082 04 $a 959.704/342 $2 23 100 1 $a Saliba, J. Keith, $d 1967- $e author. 245 10 $a Death in the highlands : $b the siege of special forces camp Plei Me / $c J. Keith Saliba. 264 1 $a Guilford, Connecticut : $b Stackpole Books, $c [2020] 300 $a xii, 251 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-236) and index. 520 $a In fall 1965, North Vietnam's high command smelled blood in the water. The South Vietnamese republic was on the verge of collapse, and Hanoi resolved to crush it once and for all. The communists set their sights on South Vietnam's strategically vital West-Central Highlands. Annihilate ARVN's defenses in Kontum and Pleiku provinces, the communists surmised, and the region's remaining provinces would topple like dominoes. Their first target was the American Special Forces camp at Plei Me, remote and isolated along the Cambodian border. 650 0 $a Operation Long Reach, 1965. 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Campaigns $z Central Highlands. $z Central Highlands. 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Campaigns $z Plei Me. $z Plei Me. 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Commando operations. 651 0 $a Plei Me (Vietnam) $x History. 650 6 $a Guerre du Viet-nam, 1961-1975 $x Operations de commandos. 650 7 $a Commando troops $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00869242 650 7 $a Military campaigns $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710190 651 7 $a Vietnam $z Plei Me. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01272574 651 7 $a Vietnam $z Central Highlands $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01244546 648 7 $a 1961-1975 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Ebook version : $z 9780811768887 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117024733.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012011033.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=59D1AE6ADCB911EC8436229451ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search